TLed by Falinmer
Edited by Nexias Faldoran
03-23 Conclusion
「Golems！？」
The golem that broke open the door had been owned by Valentino in the competition and was made by Lord Valerio.
「That guy, did he get reckless because he’s cornered?」
Then another figure appeared, it was another identical golem of the same type. 「Two golems! Did he make enough profit from smuggling to spend money like that?」
「I guess they came eyeing the evidence of the El Dorado Transactions.」
They are advancing straight towards 3 ships, Marcia’s catamaran being among them.
Reinhardt called out to Lorelei;
The Mermaid type golem, Lorelei, appeared from the water.
Lorelei’s leather material puts it at a disadvantage against a metallic enemy. While Jin worried he was told,
Saying so, he issued instructions to Lorelei.
Lorelei disappeared into the water, and the next moment, the two golems lost their balance as though they had lost their footing and fell down.
Reinhardt tries to make Elsa and Marcia evacuate the dock first, but
「Yes, of course. Apparently, those two golems seem to be a semi-autonomous type, and will keep working towards their goal until they are destroyed or complete it.」
The reason semi-autonomous types are made the most is because they have some autonomy to react to a situation.
Conversely, an advanced autonomous golem would require a significantly higher skill to create than the average Magic Craftsman, which are already limited.
「Well, here it is too narrow….」
When Reiko strikes with sufficient power to destroy a golem, the force is likely to be transferred behind it too, powerful enough to break a wall.
After looking around the dock, Jin found out whether or not there were any good methods of attack.
「Reiko! Knock that fishing weight into them!」
「Yes, Father.」
「Aaah!」
The weight that Reiko threw crushed the upper body of the golem and protruded outside of the dock.
「It’s good that the door was open….」
The second golem raised its hand in order to catch the weight, but Reiko had thrown it with 20% of her total output.
「…………」
「……」
Everyone who was watching were stunned like deers in headlights.
「Lorelei, find the Control Core of the golem!」
When analyzing the control cores, the criminal can be identified. Lorelei immediately retrieved the 2 Control Cores from the water.
Jin who saw all of this thought it would make a good reference as expected.
「I see, the two golems forced open the door to the dock and attacked.」
「Anyways, please come to the lord’s place.」
Three subordinates of Marquis hudson and Valentino do Hudson were confined to a room on the 2nd floor for an investigation. For an aide to a feudal lord, it wasn’t a jail cell but a room in the government office building.
A detailed interrogation was scheduled to take place tomorrow.
The sound of broken glass resounded from behind the closed doors.
The guards were surprised by the sound and opened the door to see in the room and were astonished.
Two golems were there. If Jin saw this, he’d notice that they’re the same golems that attacked the tax carriers from Kaina village.
As he said so, Valentino was already disappearing through the escape hole, the golems rushing after him.
One of the guards runs out in pursuit while the other ran in order to report it to the lord.
「What was that?! Valentino has fled!?」
「Hurry up and arrange a search!」
Even with the resting half, their numbers were not enough to handle two golems.
And then….
If it was only Jin and the others, they would have been put off, but when the female lord heard they were with an aristocrat, she ordered to let them through while thinking it was annoying.
Her appearance began to change as she listened to their story.
When Reinhardt cast [Read] on the Control Cores of the golem to display the instructions contents,
(ED: Well done Sherlock!)
Reinhardt put the evidence on the table. The complexion of Firentsiano turned pale and confirmed that the crest was one that Valentino used.
「When the story is put together, Valentino seems to have been involved in smuggling.」
A year ago, the El Dorado was meant to be gifted to the Royal Family, but it went missing and was presumably stolen. The same El Dorado was then found hidden within Marcia’s ship, which was also accompanied by the smuggling contract.
(TL: This was clumsy to translate, so any advice on better wording is appreciated (after the editor gets through with it, of course).
「A carved seal of an ‘E’ is engraved on the evidence.」
The female lord regarded a strange thing, Marcia thought for a little.
At that time, anyone could approach it since it was stored at a beach and not a dock.
「…There was a report that they pursued a suspicious person. When they caught up with him and inspected his personal belongings they found nothing.」
The Marquis said so while looking at the past records.
At that time, Marcia saw Valentino and was gloomily told to “Be his mistress”. Because it was bothersome, she went to the neighbouring town where her father’s shop was with the catamaran.
「He only found it again when Marcia decided to participate in the competition with the ship that hid the evidence of his smuggling.」
Reinhardt said with a relieved face, but the female lord frowned.
「What?!」
「Yes, of course.」
「If you come to town, make sure to visit me, because I will build up [Marcia’s Shipyard] magnificently!」
Jin and Marcia shook hands and parted in this way.
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Afterwords:
Other than Valentino, another person was arrested for the smuggling.
It also came to light that the guard captain committed multiple misdeeds and was also receiving a bribe from Valentino. He was dismissed and jailed.
Later on, a large number of Death Sea Serpent corpses were found off of Io Island, but there were no witnesses who could be questioned about it.